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radar

See also: RADAR, Radar, raðar, and rådar

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Etymology edit

Originally spelled RADAR; an acronym of radio detection and ranging. Coined by the United States Navy in 1940.

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radar (countable and uncountable, plural radars)

  1. (uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
    The enemy fleet was able to be found using radar.
  2. (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
  3. (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
  4. (countable, figuratively) A superior ability to detect something.
    His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.
    • 2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back's cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.

Synonyms edit

  • RADAR (acronym of radio detection and ranging)

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Verb edit

radar (third-person singular simple present radars, present participle radaring, simple past and past participle radared)

  1. To scan with radar, or as if with radar.
    • 2002, Brian Jonathan Wolk, Ohio Traffic Tickets are for the Birds‎[2], →ISBN, page 156:
      He radars you while he's sitting in his patrol vehicle under a bridge.

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Basque edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish radar, from English radar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /radar/ [ra.ð̞ar]
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radar inan

  1. radar

Declension edit

Declension of radar (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive radar radarra radarrak
ergative radarrek radarrak radarrek
dative radarri radarrari radarrei
genitive radarren radarraren radarren
comitative radarrekin radarrarekin radarrekin
causative radarrengatik radarrarengatik radarrengatik
benefactive radarrentzat radarrarentzat radarrentzat
instrumental radarrez radarraz radarrez
inessive radarretan radarrean radarretan
locative radarretako radarreko radarretako
allative radarretara radarrera radarretara
terminative radarretaraino radarreraino radarretaraino
directive radarretarantz radarrerantz radarretarantz
destinative radarretarako radarrerako radarretarako
ablative radarretatik radarretik radarretatik
partitive radarrik — —
prolative radartzat — —

Further reading edit

  • "radar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

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radar m (plural radars)

  1. radar

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radar

  1. radar

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈradar]
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radar m inan

  1. radar
  2. speed camera

Declension edit

Declension of radar (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative radar radary
genitive radaru radarů
dative radaru radarům
accusative radar radary
vocative radare radary
locative radaru radarech
instrumental radarem radary

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈraː.dɑr/
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  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radar m (plural radars, diminutive radartje n)

  1. radar (detection system operating by means of radio waves)

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radar m (plural radars)

  1. radar
  2. a device that takes pictures of vehicles violating traffic laws, especially a speed camera
    Synonym: radar automatique
    • 2022 February 14, “Pollution sonore : les premiers radars antibruit testés à Paris”, in Le Monde:
      Inauguré lundi 14 février, ce radar sonore est le premier du genre installé dans la capitale, à titre expérimental.
      Inaugurated on Monday the 14th of February, this sound-radar is the first of its kind installed in the capital, on an experimental basis.

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Etymology edit

From English radar.

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Noun edit

radar m (plural radares)

  1. radar
  2. speed camera
    Synonym: radar de tráfico

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radar m (genitive singular radars, nominative plural radarar)

  1. radar device

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declension of radar
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative radar radarinn radarar radararnir
accusative radar radarinn radara radarana
dative radar radarnum radörum radörunum
genitive radars radarsins radara radaranna

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Etymology edit

From English radar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈradar]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radar (first-person possessive radarku, second-person possessive radarmu, third-person possessive radarnya)

  1. radar

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dar/
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: rà‧dar

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radar m (invariable)

  1. radar

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Verb edit

rādar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of rādō

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English radar.

Noun edit

radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarer, definite plural radarene)

  1. radar

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English radar.

Noun edit

radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarar, definite plural radarane)

  1. radar

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English radar.

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radar m inan (related adjective radarowy)

  1. radar (method of detecting distant objects)
  2. radar (installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus)

Declension edit

Declension of radar
singular plural
nominative radar radary
genitive radaru radarów
dative radarowi radarom
accusative radar radary
instrumental radarem radarami
locative radarze radarach
vocative radarze radary

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nouns

Further reading edit

  • radar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • radar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Pronunciation edit

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁaˈdaɾ/ [ʁaˈðaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁaˈda.ɾi/ [ʁaˈða.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radar m (plural radares)

  1. radar (radio device for detecting distant objects)
  2. Short for radar de velocidade (“speed camera”).

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:radar.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English radar.

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Noun edit

radar n (plural radare)

  1. radar

Declension edit

Declension of radar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) radar radarul (niște) radare radarele
genitive/dative (unui) radar radarului (unor) radare radarelor
vocative radarule radarelor

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /râdaːr/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

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rȁdār m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏да̄р)

  1. radar

Declension edit

Declension of radar
singular plural
nominative radar radari
genitive radara radara
dative radaru radarima
accusative radar radare
vocative radaru / radare radari
locative radaru radarima
instrumental radarom radarima

Slovene edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ràːdar/, /ráːdar/

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rādar m inan

  1. radar

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. rádar
gen. sing. rádarja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		rádar rádarja rádarji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		rádarja rádarjev rádarjev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		rádarju rádarjema rádarjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		rádar rádarja rádarje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		rádarju rádarjih rádarjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		rádarjem rádarjema rádarji

Further reading edit

  • “radar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “radar”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /raˈdaɾ/ [raˈð̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radar m (plural radares)

  1. radar
    • BBC Mundo. Desaparece avión sobre el Atlántico 2009-06-01.
      Un avión ... desapareció este lunes del control de los radares.
      A plane ... disappeared this Monday from control of radars.
  2. speed camera
    Synonyms: radar de tráfico, radar de velocidad

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Etymology 1 edit

From English radar.

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radar c

  1. radar
Usage notes edit
  • Plural forms are rare.
Declension edit
Declension of radar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative radar radarn radarer radarerna
Genitive radars radarns radarers radarernas

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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radar

  1. present of rada

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Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English radar, originally an acronym for “radio detection and ranging”, with the stress influenced by Spanish radar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɾaˈdaɾ/, [ɾɐˈdaɾ]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun edit

radár (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇᜇ᜔)

  1. radar
    Synonym: siglap

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “radar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Etymology edit

From English radar, attested from 1945.

Noun edit

radar (definite accusative radarı, plural radarlar)

  1. (aviation) radar

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Inflection
Nominative radar
Definite accusative radarı
Singular Plural
Nominative radar radarlar
Definite accusative radarı radarları
Dative radara radarlara
Locative radarda radarlarda
Ablative radardan radarlardan
Genitive radarın radarların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarım radarlarım
2nd singular radarın radarların
3rd singular radarı radarları
1st plural radarımız radarlarımız
2nd plural radarınız radarlarınız
3rd plural radarları radarları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımı radarlarımı
2nd singular radarını radarlarını
3rd singular radarını radarlarını
1st plural radarımızı radarlarımızı
2nd plural radarınızı radarlarınızı
3rd plural radarlarını radarlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarıma radarlarıma
2nd singular radarına radarlarına
3rd singular radarına radarlarına
1st plural radarımıza radarlarımıza
2nd plural radarınıza radarlarınıza
3rd plural radarlarına radarlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımda radarlarımda
2nd singular radarında radarlarında
3rd singular radarında radarlarında
1st plural radarımızda radarlarımızda
2nd plural radarınızda radarlarınızda
3rd plural radarlarında radarlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımdan radarlarımdan
2nd singular radarından radarlarından
3rd singular radarından radarlarından
1st plural radarımızdan radarlarımızdan
2nd plural radarınızdan radarlarınızdan
3rd plural radarlarından radarlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımın radarlarımın
2nd singular radarının radarlarının
3rd singular radarının radarlarının
1st plural radarımızın radarlarımızın
2nd plural radarınızın radarlarınızın
3rd plural radarlarının radarlarının

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radar (plural radarlar)

  1. radar

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radar (f)

  1. radar
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